The network is taking shape at http://fosscomm.in. One of the first tasks the network will be working is to get the open standards policy document for eGovernance in India approved without yielding to those groups who promote the interests of proprietary software groups (like NASSCOM, MAIT, who are influencing the Indian Govt to make room for RAND and multiple standards). Currently, the apex committee does not contain members who represent the FOSS community. Therefore one of the immediate objectives of the new network of FOSS advocates is to request the Govt to include FOSS representatives in the apex body.

DeepRoot Linux supports this initiative whole heartedly. The Government is the primary decision making authority and they should be very cautious in espousing standards and policies. Their implicit (and many a time explicit) support towards proprietary software doesn’t augur well for the end-user in the long run.

We need to educate (if need be) the Government and its policies towards being technology neutral. Rather they should be strongly pro-FOSS.

We are glad to inform you that we are conducting a Developers’ Conference in association with ICFOSS as a part of Excel 2013, the national level techno-managerial festival of Govt. Model Engineering College, Kochi. The conference aims to bring together the ideal minds at a common platform and share about their contribution or interesting attributes in Open Source Software Technologies.

Event Details:
Date of the event: 26th September, 2013
As a part DevCon’13, 4 professional speakers (presently non-college students) and 2 student speakers (college students) will be shortlisted from the entries that we receive by the Advisory Board.
Therefore, we would like to invite your entry as a Student speaker and we would get back to you at the earliest. The event format can be found at http://events-excelmec.org/DevCon/.
Please let us know if you have any queries regarding the same